#3 FTL: Faster Than Light

FTL tasks you with running your very own spaceship, allocating resources to the departments that need it most. But the real thrill is that you have to do this while fleeing through a hostile star system.

#5 Banner Saga 2

Banner Saga 2 is such a brilliant genre mash-up, it's both a top RPG and a top strategy game. This beautiful Norse fantasy game features tense tactical turn-based battles and agonising strategic decisions have meaningful repercussions.

#6 SteamWorld Heist

SteamWorld Heist demonstrates that strategy games can be a zoomed-in, action-packed and even funny. This brilliant 2D squad-based game as you taking on robotic pirates with expertly placed ricochet shots.

#8 Kingdom: New Lands

This side-scrolling adventure is one of the most delicate, unassuming strategy games you'll ever play. Building your medieval kingdom and strengthening your defences is as simple as trotting left and right on a horse.

#13 Crush Your Enemies

Pocket real time strategy in its purest form, Crush Your Enemies whittles things down to a series of feisty minutes-long battles. It's just not a sharply-made RTS, but a funny game filled with foul-mouthed, half-drunk barbarians.

#18 Clash of Clans

Oooh, controversial pick. But there's no denying that Clash has done something super interesting with the strategy genre, making it truly social and accessible, and making defence as important as all-out attack.

#22 Rymdkapsel

An RTS stripped down to the bare essentials. Stuff like enemies, resources, and units get boiled down into basic shapes and colours, allowing you to concentrate on the game's taut and elegant strategy mechanics.

#25 Frontline: Road to Moscow

Frontline: Road to Moscow is just one of several highly accomplished historical strategy games from Slitherine. Like the others, it's hard as nails, yet surprisingly accessible thanks to a streamlined interface.